Cecily Mbarire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: So, I wait hon. Speaker? view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government of Kenya accounts for the year 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 27th February, 2014. view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to give my support to hon. Kathuri and more importantly, to the very timely petition that he has brought. I support this, being a Member from a tea growing area. I know that over 50 per cent of my constituents depend on tea for their daily bread. What we have witnessed over time is that the amount of labour and money that farmers put on their land does not add value, in terms of profit because the profits go to either brokers in the sector or through the kind of taxes and levies that ... view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: scrap these levies so that more money can get into the pockets of farmers and see value addition to our tea, so that we can sell the final product out there instead of selling a raw product that is subsequently branded as different types of tea that you cannot even tell where it comes from. I hope that the Members from tea growing zones present here, and those from without tea growing zones, can support us in this petition, so that we can empower our farmers. Beyond tea, we must also think about farmers in coffee and cashew nuts growing ... view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding the online loan application systems failure at the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). The systems at HELB have now been down for the last three months. Students have been unable to access online application forms to apply for the student loans. As a result, many of them are unable to pay their fees and risk their respective institutions taking action against them for failure to pay the fees. In her Statement, ... view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (i) the measures the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Loans Board are taking to correct this situation; view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) the correct statistics of the number of applicants or students who have been adversely affected by this situation, and the measures taken to mitigate these effects on them; and view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (iii) whether HELB has enough funds to meet the increased demands for loans occasioned by the double-intake. Thank you hon. Speaker view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, two weeks is in order; if two weeks can be two weeks and not months. view